Individual Details
Elizabeth T. Scott
(1798 - 4 Jan 1844)
"Mrs. Scott was a member of the first Sunday School in Ky., where in five months she committed 719 verses of the Bible, and her sister Arabella 893 in six months" (History of Franklin Co., KY, pg. 75)
(Sketch Collin's Kentucky, vol. II, pg. 255)
Another grandchild (child of Kitty and John Scott), Elizabeth, who was also called “Betsy” or “Eliza,” married well and had a quite renowned husband named Col. Solomon P. Sharp. Solomon served in the House of Representatives as a Congressman and developed an esteemed reputation for his work. In what was to become an infamous story, Solomon was assassinated in his own home right in front of Eliza. There are many references to this historical tragedy. In a letter (dated December 25, 1825) from Thompson Ware to his niece Sally Stribling, he wrote: “Your cousin, Betsy Sharp, lost her husband the 1st Sunday in November last by a midnight assassin. He was stabbed in the abdomen in his own house at 1 or 2 o’clock and expired without speaking a word in a few minutes in the midst of his family. The night before the Legislature was to meet (he was a member), a man was taken up on suspicion and sent for further trial. Poor Betsy was quite deranged for several days; she has since recovered and has come to her right mind. She has three children – a daughter and two sons. Mr. Sharp has left her a sufficient competency for her support; he had a very severe spell of sickness last summer which caused him to make a will and he left Betsy everything except two farms, as I am informed.” (ref. #35E)
Hayden also wrote about this event in his book stating, “Colonel Solomon Sharp was assassinated on November 06, 1825 . . . John C. Calhoun said ‘he was the ablest man of his age that had ever crossed the mountains.’ ” (ref.# 6) The author, H. Levin, also described the incident in great detail when he wrote that Solomon “was cut down in the dead hour of midnight! Mr. Beauchamp called him from his bed to the door, asking shelter for the night and using the name of an intimate friend to lure him and to shield his own identity. While extending one hand to his victim in simulating friendly greeting, with the other he thrust the deadly knife into Colonel Sharp's body and fled away into the darkness of the night, leaving him expiring on the threshold of his hospitable home! No event in the history of Kentucky had been more tragic, none had so stirred the state, nor indeed the nation, for Solomon P. Sharp was no ordinary man, and his service in Congress had given him a national reputation.”
(Sketch Collin's Kentucky, vol. II, pg. 255)
Another grandchild (child of Kitty and John Scott), Elizabeth, who was also called “Betsy” or “Eliza,” married well and had a quite renowned husband named Col. Solomon P. Sharp. Solomon served in the House of Representatives as a Congressman and developed an esteemed reputation for his work. In what was to become an infamous story, Solomon was assassinated in his own home right in front of Eliza. There are many references to this historical tragedy. In a letter (dated December 25, 1825) from Thompson Ware to his niece Sally Stribling, he wrote: “Your cousin, Betsy Sharp, lost her husband the 1st Sunday in November last by a midnight assassin. He was stabbed in the abdomen in his own house at 1 or 2 o’clock and expired without speaking a word in a few minutes in the midst of his family. The night before the Legislature was to meet (he was a member), a man was taken up on suspicion and sent for further trial. Poor Betsy was quite deranged for several days; she has since recovered and has come to her right mind. She has three children – a daughter and two sons. Mr. Sharp has left her a sufficient competency for her support; he had a very severe spell of sickness last summer which caused him to make a will and he left Betsy everything except two farms, as I am informed.” (ref. #35E)
Hayden also wrote about this event in his book stating, “Colonel Solomon Sharp was assassinated on November 06, 1825 . . . John C. Calhoun said ‘he was the ablest man of his age that had ever crossed the mountains.’ ” (ref.# 6) The author, H. Levin, also described the incident in great detail when he wrote that Solomon “was cut down in the dead hour of midnight! Mr. Beauchamp called him from his bed to the door, asking shelter for the night and using the name of an intimate friend to lure him and to shield his own identity. While extending one hand to his victim in simulating friendly greeting, with the other he thrust the deadly knife into Colonel Sharp's body and fled away into the darkness of the night, leaving him expiring on the threshold of his hospitable home! No event in the history of Kentucky had been more tragic, none had so stirred the state, nor indeed the nation, for Solomon P. Sharp was no ordinary man, and his service in Congress had given him a national reputation.”
Events
| Birth | 1798 | Frankfort, Franklin Co., KY | |||
| Marriage | 17 Dec 1818 | Franklin Co., KY - Solomon Porcius Sharp | |||
| Death | 4 Jan 1844 | ||||
| Death | 19 Feb 1844 | Frankfort, Franklin Co., KY |
Families
| Spouse | Solomon Porcius Sharp (1787 - 1825) |
| Child | Kate Sharp (1819 - 1826) |
| Child | Jane Maxwell Sharp (1821 - 1898) |
| Child | John Scott Sharp (1823 - ) |
| Child | Solomon Leander Sharp (1825 - ) |
| Father | Dr. John Mitchell Scott |
| Mother | Catherine Ware (1777 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Dr. William Henry Harrison Scott |
| Sibling | Catherine Scott |
| Sibling | Arabella Scott |
| Sibling | John Mitchell Scott |